The full card for UFC 302, which is set to take place in Newark, N.J., on June 1, was announced by the UFC on Thursday.
UFC 302, which will be the 10th UFC event held at the Prudential Center, is set to be headlined by a lightweight championship bout between UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev and No. 4-ranked contender Dustin Poirier.
The event was first announced by Dana White back on Saturday, following UFC 300.
In addition, the five-round co-main event will see No. 1 middleweight contender Sean Strickland face off against No. 7 ranked Paulo Costa as he looks to position himself for another title shot.
Other noteworthy fights include the pivotal middleweight division matchup between No. 9-ranked contender Roman Dolidze and No. 12 Anthony Hernandez, No. 7-ranked heavyweight contender Jailton Almeida against Alexander Romanov, and New Jersey native Mickey Gall’s return to the octagon versus Bassil Hafez at welterweight.
Full card:
Makhachev vs. Poirier
Strickland vs. Costa
Jailton vs. Romanov
Randy Brown vs. EZ dos Santos
HyunSung Park vs. Andre Lima
Price vs. Morono
Dolidze vs. Fluffy
C. Almeida vs. Kopylov
Ailin Perez vs. Joselyne Edwards
Sumudaerji vs. Van
Dawson vs. Solecki
Rowe vs. J. Matthews
Gall vs. Hafez
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